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Alert level increased at world's largest volcano in Hawaii
Honolulu, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — Federal officials raised the alert level Tuesday for the world's largest active volcano, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984.
Recorder found in Texas plane crash; some victims identified
Dallas, Jul 2 (AP/UNB) — Federal investigators said Monday that they have started analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a small plane that struck a hangar after taking off from a suburban Dallas airport, and local officials have released the names of six of the 10 people killed in the fiery crash.
UN envoy will 'ring the alarm bell' if no action on Rohingya
United Nations, Jul 2 (AP/UNB) — The U.N. envoy for Myanmar said Monday that progress on alleviating the crisis that led more than 720,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh has been slow and if there is no action it will be time to "ring the alarm bell."
Thousands rally to back Brazil's president, justice minister
Rio De Janeiro, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro turned out by the thousands Sunday in several Brazilian cities to defend the government and its justice minister, who faces accusations that he acted improperly while overseeing corruption allegations as a judge.
2 crew, 8 passengers killed in Texas plane crash
Dallas, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — Federal officials say two crew members and eight passengers were killed when a small, twin-engine plane crashed into a hangar during takeoff at a Dallas-area airport.
At least 4 killed in shooting at bar in Rio de Janeiro state
Rio De Janeiro, Jun 30 (AP/UNB) — Firefighters say at least four people were killed and one wounded at a bar in the city of Belford Roxo in Rio de Janeiro state amid reports that a group of men had opened fire there with guns.
Migrant aid ship rams Italian police boat; captain arrested
Lampedusa, Jun 30 (AP/UNB) — The German captain of a humanitarian rescue ship with 40 migrants aboard has been arrested after she rammed her vessel into an Italian border police motorboat while docking at a tiny Mediterranean island Saturday in defiance of Italy's anti-migrant interior minister.
Trump, Kim shake hands in historic DMZ meeting
Seoul, Jun 30 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un shook hands across the border at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in an historic photo-op as Trump seeks to make a legacy-defining nuclear deal with the North.
Trump jokes to Putin: 'Don't meddle in the election'
Japan, June 28 (AP/UNB) — With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia's Vladimir Putin "Don't meddle in the election" in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Moscow extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign.
US says Syria is stalling peace, urges new way to elections
United Nations, Jun 28 (AP/UNB) — The United States accused the Syrian government Thursday of stalling political negotiations and called for a new route to U.N.-monitored elections and a nationwide cease-fire that would end the country's eight-year conflict.